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Movie Review – The Croods: A New Age (2020)

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The Croods: A New Age, 2020. Directed by Joel Crawford. Featuring the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie Tran, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Randy Thom, Cloris Leachman, Chris Sanders, and Tara Strong. SYNOPSIS: The prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, […]

Movie Review – Stardust (2020)

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Stardust, 2020. Directed by Gabriel Range. Starring Johnny Flynn, Jena Malone, Marc Maron, Anthony Flanagan, Lara Heller, Roanna Cochrane, Jorja Cadence, Brendan J. Rowland, and Olivia Carruthers. SYNOPSIS: Stardust will chronicle the young David Bowie’s first visit to the US in 1971 – a trip that inspired the invention of his iconic alter ego Ziggy […]

Movie Review – Lucy (2014)

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Lucy, 2014. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton, Amr Waked, Choi Min-sik and Pilou Asbæk. SYNOPSIS: A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. Although it’s a complete fallacy, there is no denying that the […]

Movie Review – Rough Night (2017)

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Rough Night, 2017. Directed by Lucia Aniello. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Zoe Kravitz, Paul W. Downs, Ryan Cooper, Ty Burrell, Enrique Murciano, Dean Winters, Colton Haynes, Eric André, and Demi Moore. SYNOPSIS: Things go terribly wrong for a group of girlfriends who hire a male stripper for a bachelorette party […]

Movie Review – Jojo Rabbit (2019)

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Jojo Rabbit. 2019 Written and Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Archie Yates, Luke Brandon Field, Sam Haygarth, and Stephen Merchant SYNOPSIS: A young boy in Hitler’s army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. It’s […]

Movie Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Jeremy Shamos, and Dusan Brown. SYNOPSIS: Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable “Mother […]

Film Twitter is Sometimes a Betrayal of Cinema

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Robert Kojder on Film Twitter and the betrayal of cinema… There are two things spawning this messy article that’s most likely going to come across as a rant against Film Twitter. The first of which didn’t compel me enough to start writing because it’s actually something that happens all the time but we will start […]

Exclusive Interview – Sophia Lillis talks Uncle Frank, empowerment, role models, portraying literary characters, finding her calling, and more

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Robert Kojder chats with Sophia Lillis… Just in time for Thanksgiving, Uncle Frank puts a spin on the crazy uncle stereotype, where the eponymous relative is basically the only educated, thoughtful, artful, progressive, and empowering one of the backwoods South Carolina bunch. More to the point, Frank (a wise but perpetually troubled Paul Bettany) is the […]

Movie Review – Uncle Frank (2020)

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Uncle Frank, 2020. Written and Directed by Alan Ball. Starring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Stephen Root, Peter Macdissi, Margo Martindale, Caity Brewer, Lois Smith, and Cole Doman. SYNOPSIS: In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family […]

Wonder Woman 1984 delay likely as Illinois theaters shut down again

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Let’s face it, the possibility of Wonder Woman 1984 actually releasing on Christmas Day has always been up in the air. Most of us are awaiting another inevitable delay rather than actually allowing anticipation to kick in. Although, if the hotly anticipated blockbuster was going to arrive as a Christmas present, it was going to […]